Accidents - Swings or swing sets - 50+ years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,613
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	258	Ankle:	180
Lower Leg:	169	Foot:	157
Lower Trunk:	140	Head:	116
Wrist:	100	Finger:	100
Shoulder:	84	Lower Arm:	70
Knee:	70	Mouth:	70
Neck:	34	Elbow:	15
Face:	15	Eyeball:	15
Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
61 YOF FELL OFF A SWING LANDING ON HER RIGHT SHOULDER AND ALSO INJURED HER LEFT WRIST. DX-RT SHOULDER CONTUSION, LEFT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT FRACTURED FOOT WHEN SITTING IN WOODEN SWING AND IT FELL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
HIT LIP ON SWING LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
SCALP LAC-CUT ON BOARD OF SWING SET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT BRUISED WRIST WHEN IN SWING WITH HUSBAND AND IT FELL AT HOME. ALSO SPRAIN NECK,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets, Plants, trees and shrubs
PATIENT C/O ELBOW PAIN, FELL FROM A SWING OUT OF TREE. DX-SPRAIN ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Swings or swing sets, Rope or string
R 3RD FINGER PAIN, HAND CAUGHT IN ROPE SWING DX; FINGER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT LIFTED A SWING YESTERDAY. DX: NECK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swings or swing sets, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEG CAUGHT ON A SWING/ROCKER ONTO THE PORCH&FELL HITTING FACE/HEAD >>CHI/FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swings or swing sets
MILD CLOSED HEAD INJURY, RIGHT SHOULDER CONTUSION, RIGHT CHEST WALL CONTUSION STATUS POST FALLING BACKWARDS IN PORCH SWING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FELL WHILE MOVING SWINGSET/ PELVIC FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT FELL OFF OF PORCH SWING. DX: THORACIC STRAIN/CONT, RIB FX'S, POSS HEMOTHORAX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A SWING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FELL OFF SWING. DX- R TIBIA AND FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
RT KNEE SPRAIN: SITTING ON SWING, HARD TO GET OFF SWING, B/L KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
LEANED ON SWING, SLIPPE, FELL/SCALP CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT AT HOME FELL OFF A LAWN SWING INJ R ARM AND R ANKLE/ DX R ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT FELL FROM SITTING POSITION IN PORCH SWING, SWING BROKE, HIT R ANKLE, HAND. DX. SPRAIN R ANKLE, ABRA/SKIN AVULSION R HAND, ABRA B ELBOWS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swings or swing sets
R RIB PAIN/56YOF STS AT HOME SHE FELL BACKWARDS OFF A SWING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
LOWER LEG CT-HIT LEG ON BROKEN SWING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
RIB AND KNEE CONT. PT WAS LEANING ON A SWING AND FELL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
ACUTE DISTAL RADIUS FX: ON PORCH WHEN PHONE RANG, GOT UP TO ANSWER IT, TRIPPED OVER LEG OF PORCH SWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
DX CLOSED FRACTURE RIGHT LITTLE TOE: ON SWING, STUBBED TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
ON PORCH SWING, SWING BROKE AND PT INJURED LOWER LEG, DX; LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
PATIENT WAS SWINGING AND FELL N RIGHT ARM AT HOME. DX-LEFT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO SIT ON OUTDOOR SWING AT GROCERY STORE WHEN SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO TAILBONE. D:THORACIC AND LUMBOSACRAL STRAINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FOOSH OFF A SWING " WRIST FX''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE SITTING ON A SWING DX: LT SHOULDER INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WAS ON PORCH SWING WHEN A BOLT CAME LOOSE CAUSING SWING TO FALL (R0 LEF G CAUGHT UNDER SWING DX- TIB/FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
TWISTED FOOT ON A RAMP FOR CHILDREN SWING SET " SPRAIN''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE MOVING A SWING DX: RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS SITTING ON A PORCH SWING AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets, Ceilings and walls
PT JUMPED OFF SWING AND RAN HEAD FIRST INTO CONCRETE WALL. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 3 CM, NOSE LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FX LOWER BACK;COCCYX/53YOM FELL TODAY AT AROUND 5P APPROX 6 FEET FROM A CABLE SWING. FELL TO HIS BOTTOM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
WAS SWINGING ON SWING & SWING BROKE DX ANKLE / FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
C/O PT STATES CUT FINER ON ALUMINUM SWING DX LT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT CUT FOOT AFTER RAN INTO SWING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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